The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-20
ADJOURNED AT LAST.
THEKN1auTs OF LABOR ASSEMBLY
Ae Mlnneapolis-A Great Deal Of Buiinesl
Disposed of on tho Last DAy-The Amir.
ehist Element sat Upon-Nsw And
HI Good Laws Finally Adopted,


all day, only taking final adjournment a
o'clock in the afternoon. All businea
Was disposed Of, and the Eleventh Assem-
bly, has the record Of accomplishing NOR,
than any OF its predecessors. Many Of tbt
delegates left for home by the evening
trains, but a number, including tho gen
etal officers, will remain in the city for q
f day or 90. 51'.
Among the enormous number OF docu.
ments passed upon to-day, the most i'm.
portant was a resolution granting cigar.
makers who belong to Cigarmakers' In.
tornational Union which was expelled by
the action OF Richmond convention, the
privilege OF reinstatement without pay.
ment Of fee. This is in accordance with
Powderly's recommendation in his report,
The session was opened this morning
with additional reports from the Commit
tee on Law. A recommendation that the
maintenance Of 0, cooperative fund be
optional with locals was adopted, as aleo
was one that there will bo no change In
the management OF the Journal. Further
action provides that the General Execu.
tive Board shall have nothing to do with
|stIikea unless called upon to interfere by
tho district assemblies or national trades
assemblies involved. Assemblies, desir-
ing now ritual1, must return the old
copies before receiving the new.
THE ANARcuIsTIo ELEMRNr
received another back-aet when the as.
sembly. by a vote Of liz to 20 that the
knights OF Labor in the parade shall carry
nothing but the State organic ationsl col
o!s. There can be no more red flags in
Knights Of Labor parades. An attempt
to prevent Mr.. Powderly's further scsivity
IN the order, in the event Of bis rssigna-
ton, wsu frustrated when the assembly
refused to accept proposition to strike
out the section which provides, "a Past
General Master Workman shall have all
tho rights and privileges Of q representa-.
tiye." The rule prohibiting the sale OF
liquor at picnics was sustained against
motion to change by vote of l04 to 40.
Hereafter organizers must pay dues ia ad.
vance for the time of their commissions.
and locals must not propose and Initiate
candidates Tor membership on the same
night; week must intervene. The COM
mittee recommended that the General
Master Workman be authorized to Sd.
point member of the order in Englsnd
to take charge OF affairs as requested in a
letter from District Assembly 2OS, of
England, received some days sgo.
Documents providing for making the
State Assembly tho highest authority in
its geographical limits, except in trade
matters, asking the rejection Of the I'd
NEW CONSTITUTION,
calling for abolition Of State Assemblies,
and suggesting plans for the reorgsniza-
tion OF the order and for making it poll
ticsl party were rejected. After adopting
it's Recommendation that the date OF the
meeting OF tho aasembly be changed to
Tuesday sfter the second Monday Of No.
yember OF each year, the assembly dis
charged the Committee on Laws. The
Committee on Appeals and Grievances
reported the charges against General Sec
retary L,tchman as groundless. In the
case OF District Assembly 126, the commit.
tee could make no suggestions, offering as
an excuse that John Morrison had
brought two valises Of evidence and til
Executive Board had half ton; there
WAS two much for 1t to graple with. A
motion. to refer it to an arbitration COM
mittee OF three did not meet with favor
and amendment to tho effect that District
Assembly l26 be reinstated upon comply
ing with the laws of the order was passed.
This leaves the matter just where it was
before. It was moved to provide for
granting charters to Chinese assemblies,
but the measure WAS lost, it being regarded
as detrimental to the order in the West.
Complaints were introduced against the
Ray, the alleged labor paper OF Troy, N.
T., by New York delegates, who charged
1t with having made scurrilous attacks
upon them and its name WAS ordered
withdrawn fromthe list Of papers endorsed
by tho Journal. n :. y.